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TL;DR
Limited health literacy is consistently associated with poorer self-management, less participation in treatment decisions, and worse clinical outcomes in nephrology populations.
Clinical Kidney Journal · 4 authors, 7 centres
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Limited health literacy is consistently associated with poorer self-management, less participation in treatment decisions, and worse clinical outcomes in nephrology populations.
The authors draw on a systematic review by Taylor et al. of cohort studies showing that limited HL in dialysis patients was independently associated with hospitalizations (RR 1.55), emergency department use (RR 1.37), missed dialysis sessions (RR 2.14), cardiovascular events (RR 1.68), and mortality (RR 1.65). It highlights that patients with limited HL are less likely to engage in decision-making and may not use patient decision aids effectively.